AWM Data Platform - Data Fabric Product Owner

Data is one of our most significant competitive assets, and our ability to leverage it dynamically at scale will be a key differentiator for our products and services in the years to come. The industry is experiencing rapid growth in AI/ML, with new capabilities emerging at a rapid pace (e.g., speech-to-text, real-time translation). Within our business, data is a crucial enabler for impactful internal projects that enhance efficiency and accelerate growth. Our goal is to develop an internal AWM platform that makes data discoverable, trusted, and available at scale to support both business growth and the evolving use of AI/ML

As a Data Fabric Product Owner with the Product Team for the Data Platform, you will be at the forefront of driving the development and adoption of a decentralized data architecture within the organization. This role, which is key to enable our data is AVAILABLE, requires a strategic thinker who can translate the vision of empowering domain teams as data producers into actionable product features and enhancements. You will ensure the platform remains flexible and adaptable, while continuously gathering user feedback to refine the onboarding experience and streamline operations. Partnering with and leading the implementation lead will be key to this role, while managing a close relationship with the Data Engineering Product lead.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap for the data mesh platform, aligning it with organizational goals and user needs
• Ensure the platform remains adaptable to various technologies and tools, supporting a wide range of user requirements
• Establish processes to gather and analyze feedback from key users via the Mesh Onboarding team, using insights to drive product iterations and enhancements
• Identify and prioritize product features that reduce operational toil and accelerate platform adoption, improving overall user experience
• Work closely with domain teams to understand their needs and ensure the platform supports their role as data producers – and use that interaction to help inform an appropriate domain/sub-domain structure
• Collaborate with governance teams to integrate federated governance practices into the platform, ensuring data consistency and compliance
• Develop and oversee the creation of training materials and support resources to facilitate effective platform use and define and track product metrics to measure success and provide insights to stakeholders on platform adoption and performance

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 10 years of industry related experience 
• Ability to define and execute a product vision for a decentralized data architecture that empowers domain teams to act as data producers of best in class data offerings and in addition ensure that the strategic needs of consumers are delivered
• Experience leading the development of a self-serve infrastructure that enables the publication of data products with integrated standards for quality, access, and governance.
• Ensuring the integration of federated governance to maintain consistency, compliance, and interoperability at scale.
• Experience providing the tools that will enable data to be made available on Mesh and distributed to meet consumer need
• Ensuring data is easily and intuitively discoverable by consumers.
• Developing robust, efficient, and rapidly adoptable common Data Quality (DQ) tools, along with a comprehensive DQ ecosystem, to support visibility and issue resolution for Consumers.
• Enabling consumers to understand data sources and lineage, promoting accountability in data management and enhancing regulatory controls.
• Enabling data consumers, humans and systems, to discover and access data in a controlled manner, providing insights into data quality and points of contact for inquiries. This ensures Consumers can utilize data confidently without needing to create compensatory processes for data robustness.